Wichita eagle., 1887-09-17
EXPOSITION BUILDING.
A Company Formed With Capital STOCK OF
500. 600 Called the Wichita EXPOSITION
Company.

"Thipgs are looking I'D Hptie ho"-a
davs. amt theyf' said business man OF the
city yesterday.
az notice we have more big schemes work
ing than we did when the boys were up Id
the mountains during the hot months" he
continued. ~ also notice that many OF the
things introduced while the boys were away
have already taken definate shape and many
more have entered on the home stretch.
There is no use in talking, good enterprise
don't leave Wichita. As rule good men
are at the head of good enterprises and when
they come here they find good point and
display no little energy in getting started In
business. The people of this city amt slow TO
catch on to good things and hence you see
business of merit has dandy time in get
ting away"
"Of course you fellows are anxious to
have all the big schemes that are working SO
l will now let you know of something that
has been on the taps for over two months. IL
has been at work long enough that IN fact us
no longer talk but business straight OUT from
the shoulder. The matter Is not known 10
over a dozen of us and all who as yet kno"
have stock in the concern. We amt after
any location racket and we don't intend to
play th at game as the site question was set
tied some days ago"
GAS YOU are getting nervous will let you
into the secret without further explanation
or peroration. A company has been formed
for erecting an exposition building The
capital stock of the company is 100000 and
the beauty of it all is that every
dollar of the stock has been
taken. The last share was taken
a. meeting held last night AS L said, the
site has been chosen bu5 you are not at lib
erty at present to give that up to the types.
The site is selected and paid for but the gen
tlemen in this enterprise who bear the ex-
penses and run all risks thinks it belongs to
them to make something out of the advance
in property near the exposition building.
As q result of that we are not willing at
present to make that part of it known. nor
will we likely to he ready for some days, and
possibly weeks.
ut is cutie possible that this scheme grew
out of the fact that all attempts to organize
| fair association failed and few OF Us con-
Guided that the public should have chance
to see the products Of this great county and
in fact the products of the southwest If an
exposition building had to be erected. 1t was,
in fact, no trouble to organize
this company, as it can within itself
be made paying investment and nothing
Will help the world to gain clearer or mere
ehensive idea of this country than an
exposition carried on properly, and you can
rest assured that we intend to make 1t sue
cess if expenses are double what we figure"
THE company at its last meeting appoint
ed gentleman to give general plan OF
what is wanted to one Of the leading archi-
tect firms in the city with Instructions to
draw plans for the building The architects
were given the instructions today and will
commence work Immediately on suitable
plans. The building will be one hundred and
twenty-five feet square, two stories, and
made of the best brick and stone. 1t will be
first class building in every respect, and,
by the way, the gentlemen getting out the
plans have had considerable experience in
preparing plans for just this kind
of buildings and can rest assured that the
building will be one of the neatest and best
of any such building in the west"
1.-THE building have outlined will be used
for the exposition proper. In addition to
this there will be another building adjoining
this on the west with front Of seventy-hve
feet, one hundred and twenty-five feet deep
and two stories, which will be used for an
opera hall. During the exposition the Expo
sition company viii rent the hall to some
troupe, which will be quite an attraction, of
course, il properly managed. This hall will
also do for public meetings and all that sort
of thing, and in fact there is quite demand
nowadays for just such a hall. 1t Will be
made suitable for public meetings and
think will be in demand quite frequently"
SIT is the intention Of the company to get
fine displays of all products raised by the
farmers; also displays Of fabrics of all kinds.
A display of machinery and in fact dis
play of everything common in expositlons as
you find them in the larger cities. twill be
an exposition and as / believe the only one
in the state. In order to give good facilities
for displaying machinery of course we must
| have some power. The company will pro-
vide the building with power enough to run
all kinds of machinery and make it tempt
ing in every respect for men engaged in the
business to display their goods. We intend to
give space for display free and make it de-
srable for all who have anything to show it.
''In order to get the people here we intend
to run excursions from all over the state to
Wichita to the exposition, when it is run
ming. We will have a certain day for Ger.
tain sections and divide it up so there won't
be a grand rush one day and then die out.
We are sure of being able to get the rail-
rcads to run excursions into the city from ali
points in the state and thus you see Wichita
will be seen by the people and Of course will
from that gain ground"
1.-The company has purchased a whole
block for the building. 1t is one hundred
and forty feet deep and three hundred feet
long, giving as You see plenty of room for
| ad iitional buildings when they are needed.
This ground is convenient to the center Of
business, and in the very best location that
could be secured for such an enterprise"
1.-The company viii apply for a charter in
few days and it is proposed to commence
work this fall and by spring have everything
ready for business.
GAS WELL NO. =.
The Wichita Mining and Investment COM